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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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